Dr. Jubilado first met the Bajau while growing up on Samal Island in the Philippines.

Jubilado 博士在菲律宾萨马尔岛长大，在那里他第一次见到了巴瑶人。

But, like many Bajau, Nohara gets " land-sick" and she prefers to stay aboard.

但像很多巴乔人一样，诺哈拉" 晕陆" ，因此她宁愿待在船上。

The Bajau, who live on houseboats, have almost completely severed their ties with the land.

住在船屋上的巴乔村民们则完全切断了他们与陆地的联系。

Some Bajau children spend so much time in the sea, their eyes adjust to focus better underwater.

一些巴乔的孩子们经常待在海里，他们的眼睛更适应水下视物。

The Bajau Laut build their lives in the middle of the sea, often many kilometers from land.

巴乔村的人居住在海面上，而且通常离海岸有数公里的距离。

Further south, the Bajau people of southeast Asia can dive 70 meters and stay underwater for almost fifteen minutes.

而在南边，东南亚的巴茹人可以潜入70米水深，并在水里停留15分钟。

In 2015, Melissa Ilardo, then a graduate student in genetics at the University of Copenhagen, heard about the Bajau.

2015年，在哥本哈根大学攻读遗传学的研究生 Melissa Ilardo听说了巴瑶人。

The Bajau, as these people are known, number in the hundreds of thousands in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

这些人被称为巴瑶人，在印度尼西亚、马来西亚和菲律宾有数十万人。

33. Where do the Bajau build their houses?

33. 巴瑶人在哪里建房？

34. Why was the young Jubilado astonished at the Bajau?

34. 为什么年轻的 Jubilado 对 Bajau 感到惊讶？

She also said there were likely a number of other genes that help the Bajau dive.

她还说，可能还有许多其他基因帮助巴瑶人潜水。

" They are simply a stranger to the land, " said Rodney C. Jubilado, a University of Hawaii researcher who studies the Bajau.

夏威夷大学研究巴瑶人的研究员 Rodney C.Jubilado 说：“他们对这片土地来说只是陌生人。”

In201, Melissa Ilardo, then a graduate student in genetics at the University of Copenhagen, heard about the Bajau.

201 年， 时任哥本哈根大学遗传学研究生的梅丽莎·伊拉多听说了巴瑶族。

The paragraph explains that a group of sea-dwelling people in Southeast Asia, the Bajau, have evolved into better divers.

该段解释说，一群生活在东南亚的海民，巴瑶人，已经进化成为更好的潜水员。

The paragraph provides some background information on the Bajau, including where they live and how they traditionally make a living.

该段提供了有关巴瑶族的一些背景信息，包括他们居住的地方以及他们传统上的谋生方式。

Bajau divers may spend as much as 60 percent of their workday under the surface, spearing fish and harvesting sea cucumbers.

巴瑶族潜水员每天可能将多达 60% 的工作时间花在水下，用鱼叉捕鱼和收获海参。

And the researchers in this study found that the Bajau have spleens that are 50 percent larger than their land-based neighbors.

这项研究的研究人员发现，巴瑶人的脾脏比陆上邻居大 50%。

The Bajau people --also known as " Sea Nomads" -- have spent thousands of years diving deep underwater without tanks or snorkels.

巴瑶族人——也被称为“海上游牧民族”——已经花了数千年的时间在没有坦克或通气管的情况下深入水下。

But Bajau people in Southeast Asia can hold it up to 12 minutes which comes in handy when they free dive over 230 feet for food.

但东南亚的巴瑶族人最长可以憋气12分钟。当他们自由潜水至230英尺深的海水中觅食的时候，这种能力就派上了用场。

The paragraph emphasizes the significance of the Bajau's adaptation to the ocean, which is a new kind of adaptation that has not been reported before.

该段强调了巴瑶族适应海洋的重要性，这是一种以前没有报道过的新的适应方式。